Excerpt from The Life of James, Duke of Ormond, Vol. 4 The county of Tipperary had in the time of Walter earl of Ormond been seized by king James I, and had ever since continued in the hands of the crown. The king now by an act of justice restored it to the marquis, and to give him an instance of his grace and favour, added to it the county cross of Tipperary, with the same privileges and regalities which the family had for some hundreds of years enjoyed in the other. This county cross was of no large extent, and it was scarce practicable to find a sufficient number of freeholders in it to serve as a jury upon any trial. This and many other inconveni chees arising from the separation of that peculiar, consist ing almost entirely of church-lands, had made the gentle men and inhabitants long desirous of having it united to the main body of the county. This was now done by hisand is surrounded by his family at court. (l66o.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.